Wordpress - Remove Version Number From CSS

Question

I am using a wordpress theme, and the css file uploads with version number: style.css?ver=1.2.8

The problem is that when i change the css file, the browser keep loading the file without my changes. I can see that the changes were saved on the server, but nothing help to load the right file.

I tried:

function remove_cssjs_ver( $src ) {
if( strpos( $src, '?ver=' ) )
    $src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'remove_cssjs_ver', 10, 2 );

But everything disappeared.

I read the other topics on the subject but nothing helped.

Thank you.

wp_enqueue_style( 'wp-auth-check' ); its all I found in the functions file. — Keren Danino
– Keren Danino, Commented May 3, 2016 at 11:03
you can see it in: megawpthemes.com/wordpress/realtor/about-2 see the p style, i changes it in the original file, but it stayed the same... — Keren Danino
– Keren Danino, Commented May 3, 2016 at 11:05

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:37:28Z

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That below given code may help you.

function vc_remove_wp_ver_css_js( $src ) {
if ( strpos( $src, 'ver=' . get_bloginfo( 'version' ) ) )
    $src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
return $src;
}
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'vc_remove_wp_ver_css_js', 9999 );
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'vc_remove_wp_ver_css_js', 9999 );

Taken from https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/132282/removing-wordpress-version-number-from-included-files

That works for me, hope it will work for you as well.

edited Apr 13, 2017 at 12:37

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answered May 3, 2016 at 12:01

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Ralf Over a year ago

This does nothing for me. Always loading the old style.css?ver=e0a80bacbbe7adc29bd7d945d6748ae8

Dolorian · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-06 10:14:19Z

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Add this code to the functions.php of your theme.

function remove_file_version($src){
    return preg_replace("/\?ver=[0-9.]+/", "", $src);
}

add_filter('style_loader_src', 'remove_file_version', 100);
add_filter('script_loader_src', 'remove_file_version', 100);

edited Oct 6, 2017 at 10:14

answered Oct 6, 2017 at 9:31

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Akhil Mathew Over a year ago

While posting an answer please make a practice of adding some description about your answers

Ralf Over a year ago

This breaks my site (backend, Divi Theme). Still loading, but not working correctly anymore. Probably JS issue.

Ravina Madhani · Accepted Answer · 2025-10-15 10:35:02Z

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I recently found this type of need & I got Best Solutions as below for ?ver="1.0.0" etc which will remove version from every css & script.

This may be helpfull in your coding journey.

function theme_remove_script_version( $src ) {
    if ( strpos( $src, 'ver=' ) ) {
        $src = remove_query_arg( 'ver', $src );
    }
    return $src;
}
add_filter( 'script_loader_src', 'theme_remove_script_version', 15, 1 );
add_filter( 'style_loader_src', 'theme_remove_script_version', 15, 1 );

answered Oct 15 at 10:35

Ravina Madhani

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Quentin Oct 15 at 11:19

This appears to be all but identical to the currently highest rated answer that was first published about a decade ago. Is there anything about this which actually makes it better? Or even different?

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